Peach Blossom Island (桃花島 / 桃花岛, Táo Huà Dao) is an island in Zhejiang Province, East China. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Zhejiang ( is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. East China ( is a geographical and a loosely-defined cultural region that covers the eastern coastal area of China. It is often praised for its beauty.
It is most famous in the Greater China area mainly because of a novel entitled The Legend of the Condor Heroes, created by Jinyong, in which the island is a mysterious, beautiful island filled with peach blossoms and secluded from the outside world. The Legend of Condor Heroes ( is one of the most acclaimed Wuxia novels by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Louis Cha, GBM, OBE ( born 6 February 1924) known with his pen name Jin Yong ( is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language